# Incident 20240306003259I: Mooney M20C, Hattiesburg, MS, March 6, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 6, 2024, 10:36 local time
- Place: Hattiesburg, MS
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.3271° N, 89.2903° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hattiesburg, MS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.3271&lon=-89.2903&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1384W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1384W) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20C (registry code 5870208, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20C
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot, student
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240306003259I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PILOT IS IN VIOLATION OF ECFR: 32 CFR 855.14 -UNAUTHORIZED LANDINGS, - (C) INADVERTENT UNAUTHORIZED LANDINGS.

BLUF: ON OR ABOUT 1036 LOCAL TIME, ON 17 FEB 2024, A CIVILIAN GENERAL AVIATION AIRCRAFT MADE AN UNCOORDINATED LANDING ON CAMP SHELBY’S C-17 AUX FIELD 1

NARRATIVE: AT 1036 LOCAL TIME ON 17 FEB 2024, CAMP SHELBY RANGE CONTROL FIRE DESK RECEIVED A CALL FROM C-17 AUX FIELD 1 PERSONNEL, STATING A GENERAL AVIATION SINGLE-ENGINE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON THEIR AIRFIELD.

THERE WERE NO RADIO CALLS HEARD OVER THE RANGE CONTROL FREQUENCIES AND THE AIRFIELD WAS CLOSED DURING THE LANDING.

RANGE CONTROL PERSONNEL RESPONDED TO THE SCENE.

MILITARY PERSONAL COLLECTED PERSONAL AND AIRCRAFT INFORMATION SEE BELOW:

PILOT LICENSE NUMBER: ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

AIRCRAFT REGISTRATION: ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

AIRCRAFT TYPE: MOONEY M20C FIXED WING SINGLE ENGINE

AIRCRAFT LANDED FROM EAST TO WEST ON THE 3500’ RUNWAY. AUX-1.

MILITARY PERSONNEL DETAINED AND QUESTIONED PILOT ABOUT HIS INTENT AND IT APPEARS THAT SPATIAL DISORIENTATION WAS A FACTOR.

PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND A HATTIESBURG BOBBY CHAIN MUNICIPAL AIRPORT LOCATED 5.1 MILES TO THE NORTHWEST.

AFTER QUESTIONING BY MISSISSIPPI NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, THE PILOT WAS ALLOWED TO DEPART WITH THE ASSUMPTION THE PILOT TRAVERSED TO BOBBY CHAIN AIRPORT (HBG). THE PILOT HAD ONE OTHER OCCUPANT ON BOARD, A ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ (MINOR)

INITIAL PILOT STATEMENT CONFIRMS INADVERTENT UNAUTHORIZED LANDINGS.

CONTACTED PILOT VIA PHONE; PILOT STATEMENT; STATED HE WAS CONFUSED AND THOUGHT HE WAS LANDING AT BOBBY CHAIN AIRPORT (KHBG)HATTIESBURG MS. ASI INQUIRED IF PILOT HAD AN EMERGENCY PILOT RESPONSE WAS NO EMERGENCY.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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